clockwise from far left: Interior designers Ruby Ramirez and Alison Antrobus at Ocean design duo House; the Ocean House ALISON ANTROBUS OBJETS library combines gilded accents and modern & RUBY RAMIREZ twists on traditional elements (“Design is about creating a With an impressive project list narrative and a sense of that includes Icon Brickell and theater,” notes Ramirez); Prime 112 in Miami, Alison d’affection the Palazzo del Sol north lobby on Miami’s Antrobus and Ruby Ramirez exclusive Fisher Island have consistently been and the penthouse tapped as a creative force for at Ocean House are among the duo’s major product manufacturers DE MIAMI current projects. and design projects since they began partnering in 2011. The Miami design enters a new era as starchitects, international art lovers, and now two met while working at the the MAISON & OBJET AMERICAS decorative arts fair flock to South Florida. helm of the Miami office of the internationally acclaimed by JEAN NAYAR photography by GARY JAMES property and design develop- ment firm Yoo, which works with design stars Philippe Starck, Jade Jagger, Kelly Hoppen, and Marcel Wan- ders on multifaceted urban development projects such as the new 65-acre Metropica in Sunrise, Florida, as well as others in Mumbai, Singapore, Moscow, and Buenos Aires. Though their training and ex- perience are rooted in interior design—both are architects with award-winning residen- tial, restaurant and hotel, retail, and private jet projects under their belts—each is ap- plying her design skills to new realms. Antrobus is making a mark in the fashion world with her revolutionary patented handbag, called the Antrobus Bag, and Ramirez is fusing her love of artisanal craft and international travel in a jewelry collection she plans to launch later this year. “Design is about creating a narrative and a sense of theater,” says Ramirez. “Theater for me is the emotion that carries you, that lingering impres- sion and at times a sense of wonderment.” Evidence of this idea will soon be seen in New Yorkers often like to refer to New York as the center of the create their buildings. Now, not only are there arguably more the common spaces of the universe. But if you were a top-caliber architect or designer any- world-class architects designing luxury hotels, signature condo - Muse condominium, which where in the world right now, you’d probably be more inclined to miniums, high-profile cultural institutions, and even landmark they are currently working on reserve that claim for Miami. garages here than anywhere else in the US, but flocks of wealthy in collaboration with build- ing architect Carlos Ott, and Thanks in part to the sophisticated international crowd that North and Latin Americans, Europeans, Russians, and Chinese the Palazzo del Sol on Fisher regularly attends Art Basel in Miami Beach, the demand for have been arriving in droves to partake of the first-class city Island. Antrobus + Ramirez, residences and hotels commensurate with their tastes have upped Miami is becoming, partly as a result of their influence. 7636 NE Fourth Ct., Ste. the ante on Miami’s architecture scene. Savvy developers such To sate this sophisticated crowd’s appetite for high design, new 112, Miami, 786-420-2996; as The Related Group, Swire Properties, and Terra Group, who waves of furniture, product, and fashion designers from all over the antrobusramirez.com under stood the value of name-brand designers as marketing globe are setting up shop in the rarefied Miami Design District as
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200 OCEANDRIVE.COM OCEANDRIVE.COM 201 Charlotte Dunagan in the sitting area of a master bedroom of a residence The modern living room is she designed in Miami replete with sophisticated Beach. below, from top: artwork and a free-standing The family wanted to sculpture (God of Some give their modern home Things, 2011, by artist an open feeling to take Huma Bhabha) against a french import advantage of the views, paneled wall that hides while creating a cozy a door to the kitchen. CHARLOTTE and relaxed place for DUNAGAN their children; using a neutral palette, Dunagan in the living room mixed Since moving from France Anglo-Indian pieces and to Miami almost 20 years slipcovered upholstery made of outdoor fabrics ago, designer Charlotte for easy maintenance. Dunagan has been making Overall, the effect is one her sophisticated mark of clean-lined, warm, inviting spaces. on large-scale, high-end residences and boutique commercial projects throughout South Florida. Dunagan began to cultivate DESIGN HUB an eye for collectible art Not-to-be-missed and furnishings under the showrooms and shops tutelage of her parents— around Miami. her mother was an interior designer, her father an 4141 DESIGN antiques dealer—when she Anyone interested in sitting was growing up in Paris back and relaxing in plush and traveling with them style should consider Maxalto’s Solatium, the throughout Europe. She latest sofa by Antonio later began her formal arts Citterio available at education at the MGM 4141 Design, the largest School of Design in Nice, furniture showroom of France, and completed it enclaves nearby, expanding the nexus of the design exceptional European at the Art Institute of Fort brands in the US. 4141 community north and south along Biscayne Boulevard. Lauderdale, where she NE Second Ave., #115, Solidifying Miami’s ascendance in the global design fir- graduated with honors Miami, 305-572-2900; mament is the arrival of Maison & Objet Americas, the before launching her own 4141design.com preeminent French decorative arts trade show, which interior design business ARTEFACTO launches in Miami Beach this month. in Coral Gables. Since For more than 35 years, then, Dunagan has relied Artefacto has been creating DESIGNING THE SKY on her wide range of some of the most Over the past several years, a serious flock of interna- international resources to sought-after contemporary tional talent—starchitects, if you will—began shifting find undiscovered materials and classic interiors in the and one-of-a-kind pieces the aesthetic of Miami’s new buildings. They include world. Born in Brazil, the to create inherently unique OMA, the firm of legendary Dutch architect Rem Artefacto brand has interiors that reflect her exploded in America, with Koolhaas; New York- and Toronto-based Yabu Pushel clients’ personality and retail stores located in berg; Pritzker Prize-winning London-based architect individual style. “When I Coral Gables and Aventura, Zaha Hadid; knighted British architect Sir Norman and shipping all around the first meet [my clients], I globe from Miami. Stores Foster; French designer Philippe Starck; Swiss super- pick up on all the small have recently opened in the stars Herzog & de Meuron; Italian master Piero Lissoni; details that make them Caribbean and Mexico, and New York architect Richard Meier, to name but a who they are—their with rollouts planned for few. All told, the architectural talent enriches the fabric clothing, their accessories, Africa, Europe, and the of the city with what Coconut Grove-based architect even the car they drive Middle East in the next few Max Strang refers to as “the connective tissue” that provides me with the style years. 4440 Ponce de Leon direction that is appropriate Blvd., Ste. 1600, Coral links the new buildings with Miami’s rich design for their home. I’m a Gables, 305-774-0004; legacy—and its environs. strong believer in building artefacto.com The buildings designed by these global starchitects, structures that are timeless BOCA DO LOBO as well as significant local firms such as Arquitectonica, and creating a very For over-the-top luxury Revuelta, and Max Strang Architecture, are a depar- sophisticated background furniture, lighting, rugs, ture from the ubiquitous, safe white boxes seen a that we will love forever.” and accents like the Black generation prior, and they have initiated a movement Charlotte Dunagan Design Diamond safe or the within the real estate community to take historical, Group, 2100 Ponce de Symphony humidor, the Leon Blvd., Ste. 920, Coral newly opened Boca Do social, or environmental context more deeply into Lobo showroom in the account. Part of this movement is a vibrant sense of syn- Gables, 305-438-0130; Miami Design District is a ergy with the surroundings: sculptural building shapes atmospherecreations.com must. 278 NW 37th St., that meld with both lush landscapes and an urban con- Miami; bocadolobo.com
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202 OCEANDRIVE.COM OCEANDRIVE.COM 203 right: Nisi Berryman at Niba Berryman’s vision plays Home, her home furnishings on the unexpected: store in the Miami Design Photographer Greg District. “For me, good design Lotus’s rich and dark is as much about function as it is Mask is illuminated by about flourish,” says the former the Cumulus chandelier design junkie design editor for Metropolitan from ABYU Lighting, NYC. Home, who honed her curatorial NISI BERRYMAN approach working for Dacra Development and Tui Pranich, among others. below: The After opening her home Raleigh bed is from Nisi B, Berryman’s newly launched furnishings store, Niba furniture collection, shown with a Home, in the Miami Design turquoise Empire chandelier by District a decade ago, Marjorie Skouras, ivory blown-glass decanters by Joe self-professed “design Cariati, bedding (including the junkie” Nisi Berryman has cashmere blanket) by been consistently catching Threadcount, and rug by Jan Kath; Elephant II, a sculpture of the attention of industry toys and found objects created luminaries like Kelly Wearstler, by Keith Clougherty (Berryman’s son), serves as an eye-catching Nate Berkus, Juan Montoya, accent piece in the store. and Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, as well as celebrity clients like Shakira and Kate Spade. This month, she’s sure to further broaden her reach when she aligns with Maison & Objet Americas to show- case the work of some of her favorite furniture designers— as well as pieces from her own newly launched Nisi B line of furnishings and CAPPELLINI Miami downtown or the firm’s Lincoln Road parking accents. Known for her Statement pieces abound garage in South Beach, as well as Danish wunderkind curatorial approach, in the Cappellini collection. Berryman (a former design Top picks include David Bjarke Ingels’s torquing Grove at Grand Bay towers in editor for Metropolitan Home Trubridge’s Body Raft Coconut Grove. magazine) uses the skills she lounger and Tom Dixon’s A greater commitment to fine art and furniture and Bolide rocking chaise, both gleaned while working for a livelier color palette also add more dimension to the available through Poltrona renowned furniture designer Frau Group in the Miami holistic mix of ideas prevalent in top buildings, such as Dakota Jackson in New Design District. 3800 NE the SLS Lux hotel and condo designed by Yabu York, Tui Pranich and Holly Miami Ct., Miami, Pushelberg and slated for completion in Brickell in Hunt in Miami, and Dacra 305-576-3636; 2016. “We wanted to up the luxe quotient by creating Development, the original poltronafraumiami.net a modernized version of old Havana with colors of developer of the Miami Design District, to seek out DEVON & DEVON Latin America—emerald greens, deep blues, and soft and market her store’s With a cult-like following pinks—reviving them as a character study in a more standout furnishings and among design lovers sophisticated and exotic way,” says designer Glenn statement accessories for dedicated to personal Pushelberg of Yabu Pushelberg. well-being, Devon & Devon high-end interiors. “For me, At SLS Lux, the public spaces will get a lift from offers finely crafted good design is as much European fixtures, fittings, significant paintings and sculptures by renowned con- about function as it is about and finishes for distinguished temporary artists like Fernando Botero and Matias flourish,” says Berryman. “I and timeless bathrooms. Duville. “People are so art centric today that it’s easier to love that tension.” A magnet Farrey’s, 3000 SW 28th bring in work by great artists that are recognized and for design-lovers who value Lane, Coconut Grove, the unexpected, she partners 305-445-2244; farreys.com appreciated,” adds George Yabu. Art is also playing a major role in the latest project with prominent Miami INTERNUM by Alan Faena, the developer of the much-touted manufacturers and notable Known for its offerings of Faena project on the Beach. The building’s developer and emerging names like Greg Lotus, Luis Pons, the most recognized Italian has not only enlisted a team of top talent—including brands in the furniture Seguso, and Jim Magni to Foster + Partners and OMA—to design an exceptional business, Internum’s create a collection of showroom in the heart of condominium, but he is also helping infuse the sur- furnishings that offer a the Miami Design District rounding neighborhood with a sense of community softer, modern alternative is making waves with its anchored in culture. “Alan Faena is known for having to the predominantly Euro introduction of Baxter an art forum in mind in the neighborhoods he trans- contemporary look that furnishings, including prevails in the market. Niba pieces by Paola Navone, forms,” says Shohei Shigematsu, the lead architect Matteo Thun, and Draga from Koolhaas’s firm OMA, which is working on part Home, 39 NE 39th St., Obradovic. 3841 NE Second of the project. “Our project in the Faena District is a Miami, 305-573-1939; Ave., #101, Miami, 305-576- cultural center that represents a new typology that’s nibahome.com 1135; internum.com emerging—it’s not a museum, or gallery, or theater, or
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Dividing his time between Miami, New York, the Carib- bean, and Milan, interior designer Hernan Arriaga crafts distinct interiors for some of the most exacting names in the social scene, such as Kelly Rowland, Hernan Arriaga (right, at his J. Christopher Burch, Miami home) creates highly and Lea and Roy Black. personalized interiors in Miami and around the globe, all infused “Inspiration can come from with his trademark glamour. anywhere!” exclaims Arriaga, above: Entry foyer of the Triatec Building in Santo Domingo, who is currently at work with Dominican Republic, with a his partner, Fabio Lopes, custom bookcase, side table, and on residential projects in J. BENTLEY chaises, all by HA Design. below: various parts of the US and Worth a look for designers This 1950s renovated home in Miami includes HA Design lamb the Middle East, includ- in search of to-the-trade- stools and a custom-made coffee ing the former Al Capone only light fixtures that table, as well as an original bar double as sculpture is J. by Gio Ponti, George Smith mansion in Miami Beach Bentley, exclusive US agent chairs, and Meridiani sofa. and Alexander Soros’s for Porta Romana, in Miami townhouse in New York. “It Ironside. By appointment is around us, everywhere we only, 786-464-0992 go, every minute, every day. performance space, but rather one that is flexible You can find it in a flower LUXURY LIVING enough to accommodate diverse art forms in a shared garden or in a whimsical Those who value the cultural space.” sky. We just have to stop innovation and exquisite By externalizing the structure of the building, the and understand beauty and craftsmanship of brands such as Fendi, Bentley, and architects devised column-free interiors, making the the immensity of the sim- Trussardi can find space exceptionally adaptable. They also integrated plest things.” With that point extraordinary home the scale and accessibility of the cultural component of view, it’s no wonder he’s furnishings and accents into the urban fabric to offer walkable options for valued for the highly per- developed by these names activity that bring a sense of community to the area. sonalized homes he designs at Luxury Living in the Sensitivity to site and history also drove Terra Group around the world, including Miami Design District. a mostly black pied-à-terre President David Martin’s vision for The Residences at 90 NE 39th St., Miami, in New York, a mostly white 305-438-1660; luxury Park Grove in Coconut Grove. Shigematsu, who is lead- Delano-inspired house livinggroup.com ing OMA’s design of this project, says, “When we met in Long Island, and a the developer [Martin], he gave us a presentation on the ROBICARA color-drenched condo in Exotic finishes and history of Coconut Grove as the birthplace of the first project now open on Collins and 23rd Street. At the prop- the tropics—all brimming interesting materials community in Miami and highlighted its lush nature erty, Sternlicht prioritized using eco-friendly materials and with exquisite furnishings, (cedar, macassar, and cast and bohemian background. Since the site of the project sustainable building ideas. fine art, and, often, elegant bronze) push RobiCara’s is on the bay at a nexus where the city grid ends, it was And in the more than 30 single-family homes he’s cur- antiques. “There is nothing modern furniture and important that the project not become like a fortress, rently working on in Miami, Max Strang is connecting the more exciting than incor- objects to a transcendent as so many exclusive condos do, but rather relate to the residences he’s designing to the environment and the city’s porating an old, beautiful level. See them at Maison piece into a modern room,” & Objet Americas or in environment with a new sense of porosity.” As such, design legacy, utilizing local or eco-friendly materials like he says. “Antiques bring in the company’s Miami the three towers that comprise the project rise in undu- Florida keystone, oolite, ipe, and Resysta, a man-made wood- history that tells a story and Ironside showroom. 7636 lating formation to reflect the “poetic organic shapes of like surface made of sea salt, mineral oil, and rice husks; his becomes part of your fam- NE Fourth Ct., Miami, the archipelagos and keys of the surrounding area,” homes also feature layouts that promote natural ventilation. 305-375-7713; robicara.com ily—they also allow you to Shigematsu explains. This coalescence of great buildings and big design think- mix genres and periods to UZCA ers in Miami also offers an opportunity to consider on a create a magical space with Those with a taste for the INTERNAL AFFAIRS grander scale the city’s overall sustainability in the future. an incredible touch of glam- offbeat will find a treasure Less emphasized yet particularly important in this new “Miami is literally the most exciting city in the US right now, our.” 3401 N. Miami Ave., trove of unique accents and generation of buildings is a focus on protecting the if not all of North and South America,” says Shigematsu. “It’s Ste. 223, Miami, 305-854- furniture at Uzca in Buena Arriaga’s own 1920s French Deco 9730; hernanarriaga.com Vista. Of special note are planet. Developers and designers are integrating fea- the only place that’s really enabling the two Americas to Miami home features this original lamps and curio boxes by tures that take sustainability and human impact into share their cultures; it’s amazing to witness. And if we can 1960s Herman Miller La Chaise and a chandelier from Restoration Amsterdam-based Cravt account. For example, hotel visionary Barry Sternlicht begin to make more resilient architecture that responds to Hardware. An albino cobra from Original. 4790 NE Second aimed to reinvent the industry standard for socially the changes in climate, Miami has the potential to become a Egypt is displayed atop a custom-made side table. Ave., Miami, 305-571- responsible hospitality with his new 1 Hotel & Homes model for other cities to learn from.” OD 8200; uzca.com PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF HERNAN ARRIAGA (SMALL INTERIOR SHOTS)
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